"My wife deserves the biggest trophy for putting up with me for so many years.”

Yolanda, a Claudia Schiffer lookalike who was already working as a model when she met the Spanish goalie, used her Instagram page last November to slam Man United for not inviting him to a UNICEF gala dinner.

She wrote: “Not inviting my husband to the #united4unicef gala dinner is the last thing I’d expect from a club as big as Manchester United.

“A charity event is always a charity event.”

The magazine Yolanda posed for, Soho magazine, made headlines last year by publishing a naked photoshoot of a a former FARC guerrilla and and an ex-detective who investigated her organisation.

Ana Pacheco, an ex-member of the infamous paramilitary army, was pictured naked with her arms and legs draped over Isabel Londono, an ex-detective from Colombia’s state security department, in a bizarre bid to promote peace.

Yolanda’s return to modelling after a break to raise her family won her the backing of fans.

One wrote on her Instagram page: “Spectacular. What a body. You’re beautiful.”

Another added: “Very beautiful and very sexy.”

Values, 33, was forbidden from training with Man U's first team after his summer window move to Besiktas broke down at the 11th hour.

Man U manager Louis van Gaal, who forced him to train alone after accusing him of refusing to play for the side’s U21s, appeared to forget he had ever signed him recently by claiming the club hadn’t purchased any players in last year’s

January transfer window.

In an Instagram post in November, Valdes showed his frustration by writing: “Not to disappoint those who want to see my play again, the only motivation that pushes me to continue working.